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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 47977

Carpenter Patrick McGunigal, USN


A circa 1918 photograph taken at the time he was assigned to Naval Air Station, Montauk, Long Island. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" in saving a fellow crew member on 17 September 1917, while serving on USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5) as a Shipfitter First Class.
Photograph by D. Perel, Youngstown, Ohio.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image Posted 5 December 2007